Effect of soil water deficit on evapotranspiration, crop yield, and water use efficiency in the North China Plain

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-122

  Zhang, Yongqiang ^a   Kendy, Eloise ^b   Qiang, Yu ^a   Changming, Liu ^a   Yanjun, Shen ^c   Hongyong, Sun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration (ET); Grain yield; Irrigation; Maize; North China Plain; Soil water deficit (SWD); Water use efficiency (WUE); Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CROPS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION; WATER SUPPLY;

SOIL WATER STORAGE (SWT); WATER USE EFFICIENCY (WUE);

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

CROP YIELD; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOIL WATER; WATER USE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0842310654     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(03)00201-4     Document Type: Article

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